Naval Technology:

The US Navy’s second Constellation-class guided-missile frigate has been named USS Congress (FFG 63), revealed US Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite.

The announcement was made amid the hearing on Navy and Marine Corps Readiness, with the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, on Capitol Hill.

Braithwaite said: “To honour and recognise the work [Congress] and your staff do every day to support our sailors and marines, I take pleasure in announcing that a future frigate will carry the name Congress”…

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